It is important to be able to place TT in the light of other 'schools' of contemporary theology. TT shares a number of features with Radical Orthodoxy but also differs from it in significant ways (in the grounding of a new 'method' for instance). In the following piece we seek to highlight some of the similarities and distinctions with respect to the theological point of departure, in the interests of clarifying where TT begins. The paper can also be accessed here.